A 15-year-old male youth has been arrested in connection to an assault that occurred at the Prairie Mountain High School, located on 3rd Street in Somerset, Manitoba.

On February 24, 2021, at approximately 9:20am, Pembina Valley RCMP received a report of a fight in progress at the Prairie Mountain High School in Somerset.

Officers responded to the high school and were advised that two 15-year-old male youths, both from Somerset, were involved in an altercation where the one youth was stabbed with a knife by the other.

Police say that the injured youth was transported to hospital in Winnipeg and is currently in stable condition.

RCMP report that the other male youth was arrested for aggravated assault and is currently in police custody.